A STUDY ON SELF-ESTEEM OF STUDENTS OF STANDARD NINE OF DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT

Abstract

The present study titled “A Study on Self-esteem of students of Standard Nine of Dakshina
Kannada District” is a survey study. In this study an effort was made to study the Self-esteem
of students standard Nine of Dakshina Kannada District in terms of the sex of Students,
location of the school and types of Management.
Self-esteem has become a household word. Teachers, parents, therapists and others have
focused efforts on boosting self-esteem, on the assumption that high self-esteem will cause
many positive outcomes and benefit. Self-esteem refers to an individual‟s sense of his or her
value or worth, or the extent to which a person values, approves or, appreciates, prizes, or
likes him or herself. It is a personal judgement one‟s worthiness as a person, indicating to the
extent to which he or she believes himself or herself to be capable, important to others and
successful. Self-esteem affects our daily life and is reflected in our interaction with people,
the way we establish and sustain our relationships with others – parents, teachers, peers or
colleagues or superiors and our ability to cope with a specific situation, accomplish a
particular task assigned to us, or take on demanding challenges.
The first objective of the study was to find the status of Self-esteem of students of standard
Nine of Dakshina Kannada District. The analysis and interpretation of the objective has been
done using the Descriptive Statistics. The second, third and fourth objectives of the study
were to find whether there is any significant difference in the Self-esteem of standard Nine of
Dakshina Kannada District in relation to a) sex b) location of the school c) types of
management. It includes Mean, Standard Deviation. The study revealed that the levels of selfesteem of the professional students are high at average level. There is a slight difference in
the means scores on self-esteem and it is seen in favour of boys, rural and private students.